Hello, welcome to Thursdays Levy Letter, I hope your days good and youll be able to join me tonight on BBC One at six thirty. On the programme tonight we'll be looking at why young people turn to violence. 3 teenagers are sentenced for an horrific attack on another teenager in Cottingham, and of course a lot of people will be concerned about this and what it says about our area.
More than 1000 jobs have been lost in our area in recent years, but tonight we report on the announcement of a multi million pound investment, which is finally some good news. And well be revealing Hulls past with some old cine footage that hasn't been seen for decades. Its amazing the things that turn up, weve had a few things turning up lately, like the mystery photo album, and of course that model carriage. Council leaders in Skegness are claiming that inaccurate weather reports are damaging the town's economy, and so the resort's mayor will challenge Paul Hudson on the programme tonight! I cant wait for that! And also on Look North tonight well look at research from Lincoln University to see if homeopathy can help dogs conquer their fear of fireworks. The explosions of course drive the poor animals mad, so therell be lots of people interested in that. And of course Paul will have the detailed forecast as always. Thats all at half past six tonight on BBC One. Southend Well, some disparaging remarks were made by a certain weatherman about Southend yesterday lunch time on the programme, and my word has it caused an outcry. He said something fairly rude about the resort. It all started because I said its on the South coast, when it isnt, its on the East coast. Paul compounded it by saying some rude comments, and the emails have come in What is bizarre is the number of people that live in Essex that are watching a programme which is designed for East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire! But if youve got digital satellite then you can of course watch on channel 977 anywhere you like, and obviously a lot of people in Essex are deciding they dont want to watch their own news and want to watch news from Look North. So thank you for all the comments on the subject of Southend. Im sure well return to that on the television today again. Hair Yesterday in the letter I was talking about grey hair, and that the Duke Of York had allegedly coloured his hair over the last month. There was a picture a month ago with lots of grey, and a picture a month later and its gone brown. I made comments saying whether I should have it done or not. People at work said No, youd look stupid. Well this one has got a big response. Abby says My partner is 37 and very grey, wouldnt dream of dying his hair, which is fine with me, as it is his hair and his choice. We joke that its getting greyer ever since he met me. And another one here, Hi Peter, I love to see men when they start to go grey. It makes them look very sexy. Men who colour their hair, well theyre just too vain. It always looks too dark. So come on you men who dye your hair, we all notice you and we laugh behind your back. Thats from Julie, thank you very much indeed and I see you think men are sexy who are going grey. Well well have to see about that one Hello Peter, men should definitely not attempt to colour their greying locks, these things should be left to nature. Grey hair can be, and is often very distinguished. And that one comes from Penny Stephenson. And this one from Carol, On the subject of men dying their hair, although I dye my hair, being 63 years young, I think mens hair looks awful when they do it. If they managed to get it to look natural then it would look ok, but they have it done all over instead of blending it in. So thats from Carol. Thank you very much indeed Carol. And finally from June, Do not dye it, comb long strips over bald patches, or wear a wig. Age gracefully and naturally. Besides, bald is sexy and grey is distinguished. A big response on the subject of grey hair, its amazing the things that get a response. Weather Well I mentioned the fact that the weather has gone all bizarre; some peoples Daffodil bulbs are out, some people have got trees with leaves that have not fallen, although it has changed considerably colder over the last 24 hours. According to one article, winter may be on its way, but Summer will go down in history after confirmation that it was the hottest on record. Following an unseasonly balmy Autumn, it will come as no surprise that the September and October period was also the warmest. The average temperature for May to October was 60.3F. For September and October together it was 58.5F. Not much cooler, so there we are, the warmest Summer weve ever had, its official, according to the articles in the paper anyway. Traffic in Hull We touched on this on Monday night on the programme, the lack of park and rides, roadworks, carbon monoxide levels, and the amount of cars in Hull. If you regularly drive in and out of the city, and youve got a view on this one, get in touch with us and well be looking to return to the subject tomorrow night. If youve got anything to say about that then drop me a line straight away, and also give me your telephone number as well at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thats also the address of course for anything else; if you have a problem, or if you have a story you think we should know about, and if its a Leave it to Levy as well. Its the same address as well for any pictures you think wed like to show on our programme. Breast Fed Babies that are breast fed grow into happier children according to research. Infants fed on their mothers milk for at least 6 months enjoy significantly better mental health than those given formula feeds. Breast fed babies are also less likely to exhibit problems such as anti-social behaviour, and delinquency. Researchers say that breast milk appears to play an important role in the growth of the brain during a childs first year. Experts urge more women to breast feed for longer than six months. Government advice is for women to breast feed for at least that time to provide the nutrients the child needs. However, Britain has one of the lowest rates of breast feeding in Europe, with a third of women stopping within six weeks of giving birth. The message according to this research is that breast fed babies become happier children. Annie We had Stacey Hunt on the programme on the night before last. She is playing Annie this week. Last night we had Ruth Madoc, what a lovely lady, and I know the show is virtually a sell out almost every night this week. If youre going, enjoy, and of course let me know what you think of the show. But what a joy to have those two guests on the programme. And dont forget, were just ten days or so away from our Evening with Peter Levy at Hull Truck Theatre. The tickets are £15 and of course all the money goes to Children in Need. If going to get a ticket, or if youve got a ticket already then I look forward to seeing you there, Sunday week for an Evening with Peter Levy, starting at 7.30 Well thats it from me today, join me tonight on BBC One at half past six as usual. Take care, and bye for now. Peter And for the latest news and more where you live, go to: http://bbc.co.uk/humber and http://bbc.co.uk/lincolnshire ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the BBC Look North newsletter, go to http://www.bbc.co.uk/england/looknorthhull/newsletter/newsletter_index.shtml, enter your email address in the unsubscribe box. 1.94.4
